Cork-extractor.



PATBNIBD JULY 3' H.- w. Hons. CORK EXTRAGTOR. APPLIOATIOI FILED 001. 21.10015..

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imirnn STATES PATENT rricn BARRY W. NOYES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO JAMES A. MAOLEOD, OF ORANGE, CONNECTICUT, TRUSTEE.

CORK-EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jury 3, 1906.

Application filed October 21, 1905. Serial No. 283,831.

To all whom it 11211.." 1 concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY WV. NOYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCork-Extractors; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a front view of a cork-extractor constructed in accordancewith my invention with the parts intheir closed position, the screwbeing also shown open in broken lines; Fig. 2, a side view showing thedevice as engaged with a cork in the neck of a bottle and in theposition of having partially removed the cork from the bottle; Fig. 3, afront view of a corkscrew having its plate and ears formed from wire;Fig. 4, a side view of the same, showing the parts in the operatingposit-ion, as in Fig. 2.

This invention relates to an improvement in cork-extractors, andparticularly to that class which is provided with a fulcrum and adaptedto have a screw folded into a looplike handle, so that the device may beconveniently carried in the pocket, and is an im provement on theinvention set forth in United States Patent No. 793,318, granted to meJune 2-7, 1905.

One object of the invention is to arrange the fulcrum so that as it ispushed out against the screw it will force the screw toward its openposition, thus providing convenient means for turning the screw to itsopen position and admitting of the use of a longer screw.

A further object is to provide a fulcrum which will give an extensivebearing upon the neck of a bottle when the device is in use; and theinvention consists in a cork-extrac tor having certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a loop-like handle formed from astrip of metal the sides 2 and 3 forming a loop, while the ends 4 and 5are brought together, the metal having more or less elasticity. Betweenthe ends 4 and 5 the shank 6 of a corkscrew 7 is pivoted, the innerfaces of the ends 4 5 being recessed to closely fit around the shank 6,so as to hold the screw in its open and closed po sitions. Pivotedbetween the sides 2 3 and near the point where the sides merge into the'ends 4 5 is a plate 8, which, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2 of the drawings, is formed from sheet metal and preferably bowedtransversely. This plate corresponds substantially in width to the spacebetween the sides 2 3 and about midway of its length is provided onopposite sides with ears 9 10, which bow outward, so

as to rest upon the edges of the sides 2 3, the

extent of projection of the ears 9 10 being about the same as the widthof the metal from which the sides 2 3 are formed, so that when the earsbear upon one edge of the sides 2 3 the plate 8 will be substantiallyflush with the opposite edges. The screw 7 is adapted to pass betweenthe ears 9 10 and rest upon the plate 8 between them, thus admitting ofthe use of a long screw. If it is desired to open the screw, the plate 8may be forced outward against the screw, and the point of the screw willride upon the plate and be turned outward thereby, so that the screw canbe readily brought to an open position without taking hold of the screwitself. By transversely bowing the plate it permits the use of a largerscrew without increasing the width of the metal from which the loop isformed. A further advantage of bowing the plate is that the outer endwhich bears against the upper edge of a bottle being curved will permitthe ears to pass to a greater extent over the upper edge of the bottle.The use of screws of this character are too well known to requiredescription further than to say that after the screw has been turnedinto a cork the ears 9 and 10 rest upon the top of the neck of thebottle, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, forming a fulcrum for thehandle to raise the screw and withdraw the cork.

Preferably and as herein shown the edges of the cars which bear upon theneck of the bottle are tapered, so as to secure a firm grip upon theupper edge of the neck of the bottle. Instead of forming the plate 8from sheet metal, as above described, it may be formed from wire, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, in which case a piece of wire isdoubled and its ends 11 bent outward through holes formed for them inthe sides 2 and 3 at a point where the plate would be pivoted. From theends the sides extend toward each other, so as to nearly meet and form abearing for the screw. Beyond this point they are bent outward, formingears 12, corresponding in function to the ears 9 and 10. Beyond the earsthe central portion ol the wire forms a loop 13, which protects thescrew and also has the same effect as a bowed plate in. permitting theears 12 to be set over the upper edge of the neck of a bottle. Byforcing the loop 13 outward the screw bearing upon the contractedportion of the wire adjacent to the ears 12 will be turned downward inthe same manner as is the screw when a solid plate employed. Thus ineither construction the screw is fully protected when in the closedposition, may be turned to an open position by the outward movement ofthe plate, and the ears permitted. to fully engage with. the upper edgeof the neck of a bottle.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cork-extractor comprising; a loop-like handle having substantiallyparallel sides contracted at their outer ends, a corkscrew pivotedbetween the said outer ends and adapted to fold into the handle, and aplate pivoted at one end between the sides of the said. handle withinthe loop, said plate corresponding in width to the width of said loopand formed on opposite sides with. ears adapted to bear on oppositeedges of the loop and form a fulcrum to bear upon the neck of thebottle.

2. A cork-extractor comprising a loop-like handle having substantiallyparallel sides contracted at their outer ends, a corkscrew pivotedbetween said outer ends and adapted to fold in-Lo the handle, and aplate pivoted at one end between tl1 sides of the said handle within theloop, said plate corresponding in width to the width of the loop andtransversely bowed and formed on opposite sides th bowed ears adapted tobear upon opposite edges of the loop when in a closed position and toform a fulcrum adapted to bear upon the neck of a bottle, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HARRY \V. N OYES.

ld itnesses FREDERIC C. EARLE, CLARA L. Venn.

